"Eridani was always a troubled child. Why did I ever let her live. I'm simply to kind. I just woke up and she's already causing trouble," I told the two, "my sister thought that even though the child was born with the mark of Shad and Devi, that she would grow up to be normal if she hung around me and my child. She was wrong. All that happened, was Eridani got herself into trouble. I hope she hasn't tainted my darling Gingy with her nonsense while i was asleep."

"What do you mean by "should've never let her live"?" Garroth asked me.

"Like I said, Eridani always got herself into trouble. Many times she was on the brink death because of it,"I giggled.

Suddenly something hurt in my chest, I felt an essence creep up, "Zane romeave,"my voice was calm, quiet, and angry.

"How did you know? I've mastered sneaking around here without being noticed for so long,"he laughed slipping out of the shadows.

My heart started pumping at a fast rate, "Aaron. How could you do such an awful thing. Also, how did you fake your death so well?"

"The first, you know exactly why. The second, ask Zane,"her chuckled slipping out next to Zane.

"HOW LONG HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN HIDING?!"Irene was flabbergasted.

"ZANE, I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD,"Garroth seemed to be twice as shocked.

"They never did die, it was an illusion. Much like your death all those years ago, Garroth,"I sipped my tea calmly.

Zane stepped up to me and glared into my eye with his, "who are you?"

"Alexiah, protector of Irene. Currently, not caring about anything cause honestly, things could be worse,"my voice was louder, but just as flat line.

"Well, you know my name. You probably know about my, past, as well,"Jr sighed, looking a little, sad.

"Yes, but that does not make me hate you. What you did is understandable. I honestly love y-it," he reminds me of my late wife.((sorry cressy, but it's a life for a life, so you and cake are dead.))

"How could you love a life style like that?" He seemed a little surprised.

"Because it's easily fixed. All you need is someone to talk to when you feel, upset," I explained.

"Maybe, you're just the person I would need," his eyes were filled with happiness, he was most likely smiling under his mask.

I scooted over on the love seat so he could sit down next to me. I saw Aaron sit next to Irene. The two started a complicated conversation that I didn't bother to listen to. I mainly studied Zane's every movement as he say next to me and chatted. He very clearly either has a crush me, or social anxiety, or both. It's cute to see him fidget, and his story is very interesting.

Alex: 483 words. Sorry guys, but I won't be posting for a while since I'm on a road trip and sunny have wifi a lot.